Samit Patel guides Nottinghamshire to a victory against Derbyshire: Friends Life T20 – Match Recap
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, on Friday, July 1, 2011.
The hosts batted brilliantly, scoring 170 runs for the loss of five wickets in their allotted 20 overs. They were given a solid start by opening batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Martin-James-Guptill-c74885, who top scored the match with 79 runs.
However, the Nottinghamshire team fought back well, winning the match with three balls remaining in the innings. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Huzefa-Mohammed-Patel-c63657 was the star of the show for his team, as he picked up one wicket and scored an unbeaten 70.
The pitch was perfect for the batsmen and a high scoring game was predicted. Derbyshire’s skipper, Luke Sutton, had no hesitation in his mind to bat first after winning the toss.
His decision proved to be a very good one, as the home team’s batsmen posted a solid target for the opposition. However, the bowlers let the team down, as they failed to defend the total.
The start to Derbyshire’s innings was not a good one, as they lost opening batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wes-Durston-c2789, early. The seasoned campaigner lasted only three balls in the middle, managing only one run.
Derbyshire’s first-drop, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chesney-Francis-Hughes-c50563, was also not able to make an impression and was sent back to the pavilion after adding just four runs to the total. He didn’t look in good touch, as he faced nine deliveries to score his runs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 batsman didn’t have too many troubles in the middle and was smashing the bowlers to all parts of the park.
Madsen was dismissed for 14 runs off the same number of deliveries, with the help of one boundary.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Garry-Park-c1464 collected 22 runs in his outing and was involved in a 37-run partnership with the Kiwi player. He got out in the 14th over with his team in a decent position at that stage.
Guptill and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ross-Andrew-Whiteley-c86874 put together 74 runs for the fifth wicket partnership, guiding their team’s total to 170 in the end. They scored 79 and 40 in the end, with the latter being unbeaten.
The bowlers didn’t have a good day, but http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Darren-John-Pattinson-c52464 took a couple of wickets for the visitors.
In reply, the Nottinghamshire team lost a couple of wickets early, but a solid century stand between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Alex-Hales-c985 and Patel took the game away from the opposition. Hales was dismissed after scoring 76 runs from 40 balls, clobbering five fours and the same
number of sixes.
Patel remained unbeaten on 70 off 43 deliveries with the help of seven fours and two thunderous sixes, guiding the team to victory.
Durston bowled well for Derbyshire, picking up a couple of wickets in the match, but his effort went in vain.
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